WASHINGTON — The U.S. Congress’ top anti-porn crusader, Utah Senator Mike Lee, introduced a bill last week that would effectively outlaw all sex work in the nation, including adult performance and content creation, by classifying any consent influenced by a person’s economic circumstances as coercive.
The Republican calls S 3178 the bill he introduced on Jan. 31, the “Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking Act of 2024” or the “PROTECT Act.”
The bill’s definition of “coerced consent” goes beyond traditional understanding of the term, encompassing “purported consent obtained from a person: through fraud, duress, misrepresentation, undue influence, or nondisclosure; who lacks capacity; or though exploiting or leveraging the person’s immigration status, pregnancy, disability, addiction, juvenile status, [or] economic circumstances.”
FSC Director of Public Affairs Mike Stabile posted on X that the bill would effectively make it a crime to pay an adult performer.
“Consent would be invalidated if ‘economic circumstances’ — like paying rent — was a motivating factor to work,” Stabile noted.
“This is, of course, the dream of the faith based ‘anti-trafficking’ folks — and SWERFs — who believe that no true consent can exist for sex work when money is involved,” Stabile added. “It would essentially codify their white slavery panic into law.”
The “Findings” section introducing Lee’s PROTECT Act presents as facts several myths and broad generalizations originating from religiously motivated anti-porn crusading groups, and urges the government to establish a regulatory system that would effectively act as a state censorship office exclusively for adult content.
https://www.xbiz.com/news/279633/re...ly-outlaw-all-sex-work-in-the-u-s-as-coercive
The Republican calls S 3178 the bill he introduced on Jan. 31, the “Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking Act of 2024” or the “PROTECT Act.”
The bill’s definition of “coerced consent” goes beyond traditional understanding of the term, encompassing “purported consent obtained from a person: through fraud, duress, misrepresentation, undue influence, or nondisclosure; who lacks capacity; or though exploiting or leveraging the person’s immigration status, pregnancy, disability, addiction, juvenile status, [or] economic circumstances.”
FSC Director of Public Affairs Mike Stabile posted on X that the bill would effectively make it a crime to pay an adult performer.
“Consent would be invalidated if ‘economic circumstances’ — like paying rent — was a motivating factor to work,” Stabile noted.
“This is, of course, the dream of the faith based ‘anti-trafficking’ folks — and SWERFs — who believe that no true consent can exist for sex work when money is involved,” Stabile added. “It would essentially codify their white slavery panic into law.”
The “Findings” section introducing Lee’s PROTECT Act presents as facts several myths and broad generalizations originating from religiously motivated anti-porn crusading groups, and urges the government to establish a regulatory system that would effectively act as a state censorship office exclusively for adult content.
https://www.xbiz.com/news/279633/re...ly-outlaw-all-sex-work-in-the-u-s-as-coercive
